My Achilles Story

Well today  brings us one more day closer to having this cast removed. Trust me there will be more pictures once this thing is removed. Well the last few days have gone pretty good for me, I have been able to get out and go and and do a lot more things on my own. However, I have noticed, folks DO NOT move for those on crutches! Okay, I have a question to all of you! Will I be wrong if I smack the crap out of the next person whom just barges right past me as if I am not even standing there? Because trust me, I am at that point.

Okay, I will move on.

Today’s topic! 14 days until this cast is removed, I am so excited, I can not wait until I get back into my boot, it is going to be one of my greatest days. As I sit here and think about the cast removal, I can’t help but think about the day I injured myself. Tomorrow will be one month since the injury, and to this date, I still can not remember actually what happened during the injury. All I can remember is running the bases and rounding second, thinking I can score and the next thing I knew, I hit the ground, andwhen I hit the ground I did!! To all my ATS brethren, do any of you actually remember your injury? Not the immediate after or before it happened, but when it actually happened. Now I have heard many people say they heard a POP, but I don’t remember that, and really don’t think it happened. Am I alone in this, or has someone else experienced this also.

Okay, I got the kind of serious stuff out of the way, well at least as serious as I can be! Let me tell you about my experience a couple of days ago. While walking on my crutches, I won’t say anything negative about them right now, I felt like I was ready to try and take a step. I stood there looking at my foot, telling myself I CAN DO IT!! A little Water boy reference I continued standing there looking at the foot. At this point I felt like a parent watching their child prepare to take that first step, excited with much anticipation waiting for this monumental event to happen. At the same time, I felt like that 6-12 month old who was ready to take that step, but just wasn’t willing to do it, so I reached for those crutches and continued walking around like normal. DAMN!!!!! Now a few days ago, maybe even a week, this would have been a major set back, but I am determine to take that step. On July 27th cast removal, I will take that step at the doctors office no matter how big or small, I will take that step! And when I do, I will have picutres, that is if my feet aren’t looking at jacked up! I can’t post some jacked up looking feet on this site, I know too many folks who will talk about me. And yes, you know who you are NB II.